Siemens Energy Silyzer 09 - HYPOS - Dialog - Wagner

Large Scale PEM Electrolysis for
Industrial Applications
Siemens Hydrogen Solutions
Siemens AG 2019 Dr. Richard Wagner, HYPOS-Dialog Leipzig, 27.02.2020
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1. END USERS
Carbon Intensity of Industry Sectors
Hydrogen can play major role to reduce carbon footprint
Carbon intensity of different Hydrogen demand Application of green hydrogen for Hydrogen
industry sectors (global, 20151) (Mio t, 20162) decarbonization of various industry sectors production
Total:
Others 15% 55 Mt/a
Hydrogen for ammonia synthesis, Process

Industry 19% 39,6 feedstock • Today: ~95% of global H2
metal production, petrol refineries
demand is provided via
steam methane reforming or
coal gasification3
Hydrogen as alternative fuel or as Energy
Transport 24% 0,44
carrier
feedstock for synthetic fuels H2 • The largest steam methane
reformers produce >18 t/h of
hydrogen (single train)
• This equals approximately a

Electricity Hydrogen as blend for gas grid, fuel Storage 1 GW Electrolysis plant
42% 3,96 for remote energy supply or export medium
& Heat
~32 Gt CO2

Page 5 Sources: 1) statista.de, 2015; 2) CertifHY; 3) Hydrogen Generators GIA Siemens Hydrogen Solutions
2. STORAGE

Hydrogen Storage
There is still a gap in storage technologies that needs to be closed
Situation
Cylinder tanks Cavern

20 – 100 bar 60 – 200 bar
20 – 100 m³ 500.000 – 1.000.000 m³
Specific costs: Specific costs:

up to 1.000 €/kg around 10 €/kg
àStandard technology àLarge scale, seasonal

àlimited use at scale storage
àlimited dynamics
àdependent on geology
100 m³ Storage volume 1.000.000 m³

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Hydrogen Storage
There is still a gap in storage technologies that needs to be closed
No tailored Situation
solutions installed
today
§ Existing hydrogen storage
technologies not feasible with
Pipe storage Cavern
Cylinder tanks
20 – 100 bar
amounts and dynamics of most
20 – 100 bar 60 – 200 bar
20 – 100 m³ 10.000 m³ 500.000 – 1.000.000 m³ larger scale electrolysis use
cases
Specific costs: Specific costs: Specific costs:
up to 1.000 €/kg around 300 €/kg around 10 €/kg
§ Potential scalable solution: pipe
storage; but: no experience with
àStandard technology àLarge scale, seasonal hydrogen to date
àlimited use at scale storage
àlimited dynamics § Other possibilities in research
àdependent on geology stage with suitable scalability tbd.
100 m³ Storage volume 1.000.000 m³ (e.g. LOHC, metal hydrids, …)

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3. ELECTROLYSIS

Hydrogen generation: more than just an electrolyzer
Storage
HV
Transformer
Cooling
Control system
MV Transformer
and Rectifier
Infrastructure/
Logistics
Buffer
Compression
Water treatment
Gas purification
Electrolyzer
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Hydrogen Production
Siemens Silyzer portfolio roadmap
2030+
2023+ First investigations
2018 in cooperation with
2015 Next generation
Under development
chemical industry
Silyzer 300
2011 Silyzer 200
~86.500 op.h
Silyzer 100 ~7.3 mio Nm³ of H2
Lab-scale demo
~4.500 op.h1,
~150k Nm³ of H2
World’s largest Power-to-Gas Biggest PEM cell in the world
plants with PEM electrolyzers built by Siemens!
in 2015 and 2017
built by Siemens!
Unrestricted © Siemens AG 2019 1 op.h.: operating hours; Data op.h & Nm³ as of Jan. 2019

Silyzer 300
The next generation of Siemens PEM electrolysis
17.5 MW
Power demand
per full Module Array
(24 modules)
75 % System efficiency
(higher heating value)
24 modules to build a
full Module Array
340 kg
hydrogen per hour
per full Module Array
(24 modules)
Silyzer 300 – Module Array (24 modules)

Silyzer 300
The modular design can be easily scaled to your demands
Module Module array n+1 Customized solution Plant
Scale up to the necessary demand
Between 12 and
24 modules
+
-
+ Water
Transformer
- Control system Rectifier LV supply
refinement

Hydrogen Production Cost in 2020
PEM electrolysis closes in on grey hydrogen under favorable conditions…
Site specific drivers Technology specific drivers
Electricity Efficiency
price
CAPEX
Operation time
Maintenance
cost
1 Grey H2 : Hydrogen produced by conventional methods as steam methane reforming; ² € 6 ct./kWh: e.g. on shore wind (4-6ct./kWh) or PV in Germany; ³ € 3 ct./kWh: Reachable in renewable intense regions like Nordics (Hydro Power), Patagonia (Wind), UAE (PV)
Hydrogen Production Cost in 2030 to 2050
…beats it depending on future electricity prices and process integration
Electricity Efficiency
price
CAPEX
Operation time
Maintenance
cost
1 Grey H2 : Hydrogen produced by conventional methods as steam methane reforming; ² € 6 ct./kWh: e.g. on shore wind (4-6ct./kWh) or PV in Germany; ³ € 3 ct./kWh: Reachable in renewable intense regions like Nordics (Hydro Power), Patagonia (Wind), UAE (PV)
Site specific operation conditions as main drivers
to reach 2 €/kg H2 production cost
Electrolyzer: 55 MWel
Hydrogen: 1005 kg/h (5.0 H21 @100 bar)
Electricity: 6 ct/kWh
Operation: 4000 h/a

∑=5.76 €/kg
Civil and others2) 0.47
0.65 1.66
Compression
5.0 H2 @100 bar 1.34
CAPEX 1.05 ∑=2.37 €/kg
Electrolysis 0.15
0.51 0.24
0.02
Electricity Share 3.31 0.34 0.16
Target: 2€/kg H2
1.63
Today @ Electricity Production WACC (Risk) 50% CAPEX 1 %pt. efficiency Target
6ct/kWh @ 3ct/kWh @ 7000 h/a 8% è 5% reduction increase hydrogen cost
& 4000h/a
Unrestricted © Siemens AG 2019 1) Hydrogen purity of 99.999% H2
2) Siemens EPC internal estimation
Long term target
~ 50 % CAPEX reduction of hydrogen generation equipment
Physiochemical technology Cost reduction of hydrogen production Cost down and production volume
innovations • ~30% technology and parameter related • Automatization and Digitalization
Lower overpotentials (better U-I- • ~20% material cost down and • Purchasing
Characteristic) production volume related • Standardization
• Higher current density èTarget: ~50 % cost reduction • Material optimization
• Optimal operation pressure
Hydrogen generation plant • Economy of scale and scope
• Higher durability
CAPEX* in €/(t/h) H2
~44
~ -14
-50%
Voltage Silyzer 300
~ -9
NextGen
~21
Current
Material and Purchasing and
manpower mass production
Today Technology Cost Long term
savings
down Target

*All hardware and software components for hydrogen generation plant of ~50 MW, H5.0 (99.999%)
Page 17 @100 bar / without civil work Siemens Hydrogen Solutions
H2FUTURE – a European Flagship project
for generation and use of green hydrogen
Project Use cases

• Partner: VERBUND (coordination),
voestalpine, Austrian Power Grid (APG),
TNO, K1-MET
Hydrogen for the Supply grid
• Country: Austria
steel making services
• Installed: 2019
process
• Product: Silyzer 300
Challenge
6 MW • Potential for “breakthrough” steelmaking technologies which replace carbon by green
hydrogen as basis for further upscaling to industrial dimensions
Power demand based on • Installation and integration into an existing coke oven gas pipeline at the steel plant
Silyzer 300 • High electrolysis system efficiency of 80%
Solutions
1.200 Nm3 • Operation of a 12-module array Silyzer 300
• Highly dynamic power consumption – enabling grid services
of green hydrogen per hour
• State-of-the-art process control technology based on SIMATIC PCS 7
This project has received funding from the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking under grant agreement No 735503. This Joint Undertaking receives support from the European Union‘s Horizon 2020 research and innovative
programme and Hydrogen Europe and NERGHY.
H2FUTURE
Green Hydrogen for the Steel Industry
Current Status Challenges Solution

• 1.7 tons of CO2 emissions per ton of • Potential for “breakthrough” • Design and installation of a 6 MW
steel steelmaking technologies which Siemens Silyzer 300 PEM electrolysis
replace carbon by green hydrogen as system at the voestalpine steel plant in
• Steel industry contributes 30% of
basis for further upscaling to industrial Linz, Austria
global industrial CO2 emissions
dimensions • Industrial integration of renewable
• The only realistic way to fulfill the CO2 hydrogen production in the
reduction targets in steel industry is • Installation and integration into an
existing pipeline at steel industry steelmaking process
to replace carbon as a reduction agent
by hydrogen • High system efficiency ~ 80% of • Highly dynamic power consumption –
electrolysis system enabling grid services
VAVG Typical Silyzer 300 characteristic

1,9
1,8
1,7
1,6
1,5
A
1,4
500 2500 5000 8000
This project has received funding from the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking under grant agreement No 735503. This Joint Undertaking receives support from the European
Unrestricted © Siemens AG 2019 Union‘s Horizon 2020 research and innovative programe and Hydrogen Europe and NERGHY.

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Dr. Richard Wagner

Senior Key Expert
Hydrogen Solutions
Guenther-Scharowsky-Str. 1
91058 Erlangen
Phone: +49 9131 17-38085

E-Mail: Richard.rw.Wagner@siemens.com
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Large Scale PEM Electrolysis for

Siemens AG 2019 Dr. Richard Wagner, HYPOS-Dialog Leipzig, 27.02.2020

Unrestricted © Siemens AG 2019

Hydrogen for ammonia synthesis, Process

• This equals approximately a

Unrestricted © Siemens AG 2019

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Cylinder tanks Cavern

Specific costs: Specific costs:

àStandard technology àLarge scale, seasonal

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Unrestricted © Siemens AG 2019 Civil Work

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Module Module array n+1 Customized solution Plant

Scale up to the necessary demand

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Site specific drivers Technology specific drivers

Site specific drivers Technology specific drivers

Site specific drivers Technology specific drivers

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Project Use cases

Current Status Challenges Solution

VAVG Typical Silyzer 300 characteristic

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Dr. Richard Wagner

Phone: +49 9131 17-38085

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